Alcon Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.69 (As of Jun. 2022)

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Alcon's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Jun. 2022 was 0.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

ALC' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15 Med: 0.15 Max: 0.15
Current: 0.22

During the past 6 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Alcon was 0.15. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.15.

ALC's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked better than
71.43% of 252 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.33 vs ALC: 0.22

As of today (2022-08-13), the Dividend Yield % of Alcon is 0.29%.

During the past 6 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Alcon was 0.31%. The lowest was 0.12%. And the median was 0.14%.

Alcon's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Jun. 2022 was $0.21.

During the past 12 months, Alcon's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 99.90% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

Alcon Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Alcon Annual Data

Trend

Dec16

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Dec20

Dec21

Dividend Payout Ratio

0.15

Alcon Quarterly Data
	Dec16	Dec17	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22
Dividend Payout Ratio															0.36	-	-	-	0.69

Competitive Comparison

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Alcon Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Alcon Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2021 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2021 )
	=	0.110021	/	0.76
	=	0.14

Alcon's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (Q: Jun. 2022 )	/	EPS without NRI (Q: Jun. 2022 )
	=	0.205749	/	0.3
	=	0.69

Alcon (NYSE:ALC) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Address

Chemin de Blandonnet 8, Royce Bedward, Vernier, Geneva, CHE, 1214

Website

https://www.alcon.com

Alcon, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is the global eyecare leader with a diverse portfolio in ophthalmology including contact lenses, eye drops, surgical equipment, and related surgical products. Novartis purchased Alcon from Nestle in 2010 and, following nine years as a Novartis subsidiary, the company was spun-off as a public company in April 2019. The company reports five distinct segments: implantables (16% of revenue), consumables (31%), equipment (9%), contact lenses (27%), and ocular health (17%). The company is geographically diversified, with only about 40% of revenue from the U.S. market, and the firm has a strong presence in the European Union and Japan.

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